Secure Tips

Do you have confidential information you would like to leak to us?

Encrypted e-mail

E-mails can be encrypted and sent to Times of Malta for additional security using Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). The
easiest way to this is via a browser extension like Mailvelope for Chrome and Firefox. Download
Mailvelope.

Please be aware that although the contents of your e-mail will be encrypted, the subject line and metadata
(sender, receiver, time location) will not.

Post

Postal mail is an easy way to contact Times of Malta discreetly. Using a public post box, ideally one that is not
near your home or workplace. You can send your mail to a specific reporter, or Times of Malta’s newsroom.

Secure Drop

You can do so through a new Times of Malta service that guarantees complete security and anonymity.

Using the SecureDrop system, which is trusted by several global news organisations, you can pass on documents and
tips to us safe in the knowledge that your identity will be protected, even from us.

The system does not log your IP address, browser or computer. The server sits inside our own organisation and is
protected against hackers. Also, the data you pass on it encrypted in transit and at rest.

The platform uses Tor hidden services to support anonymity. You will need to download and install software to
access the Tor network. We advise that you access the platform from a network which is not monitored and where
your screen cannot be viewed by others.

Once you launch the Tor browser, TYPE this URL into the
address bar: pcwo2nvewhkyraib.onion/ DO NOT COPY AND PASTE IT FROM HERE. When the page
loads, you will find further instructions on how to submit files and messages to The Times.

You will be assigned a randomly generated and unique code phrase. If a journalist or editor at The Times
wants to contact you about the information you have submitted, he or she will leave a message for you in
SecureDrop. The messages can only be accessed using your code name. These messages are the only way we will
be able to reach you.

The SecureDrop software is an open source project sponsored by the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

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